The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-26
/ GREAT REVIVAL.

- UnUAl WV AL.
0nNNCH sTIRRKD BY PADRE
Ao0eITN0 DA MONTEFELTRO.
~ Wsslsiss People Crowains ths Great
naelns q Ylsrs.ss - Listen 10 the Ez.
sstasssas Of - Eloquent Monk-An
upsssslvs scsne-A specimen Sermon.
One Of the remarkable characteristics Of
o1fon history is the influence that great
)eschsss have exerted overt the population Of
Ao3e cities. The middle ages especially were
g(Able for many vast religious revivals. The
4(ome Of eavonarola II famous the world over,
~ be1des him there are many others Of
o6t indusnce In their day. The Dominican
ln0nk, John Of vincensa, is said to have
lEawn BY his eloquence over 10000 persons
~ one time TO the plains of Pacura, in the
country Of Verona. Fra Jacope del Busso
leo. in the city of Pavia, attained an almost
e1soluts censorship Of morals by virtue Of
- austere example and his eloquent speech.
- Bernardo do Massa preached unremit
tlnG1y for fofty-two years in every quarter Of
s1la1y, and II 10 said of him that he reconcile6
Numerous lords who harbored deadly feuds,
md restored tranquility to many cities and
peoples. The records of the thirteenth,
tbuftesnth and fifteenth centuries contain
Wielded by great preachers
A somewhat similar spectacle, It is stated,
can be witnessed in Florence now, where
the working people have been profoundly
aroused by the eloquent preacher, Padre
Asostino da Montefeltro. During Lent he
preached series of thirty-two sermons in
The famous church at Florence-the Duomo.
A. large an audience as could crowd in, the
savuage number being over 1900, chiefly of
he working CLASSES, attended his sermons.
A correspondent Of an English paper writing
~ the scene says: "A great vail of dark
green silk was spread over the nave a few
feet higher than the sounding-board of the
pulpit, throwing the audience into mysterious
doom. From seven o'clock in the morning
until eleven men and women have sat upon
chairs and benches to keep their place.
Long before eleven the whole dark area
hes bean crowded thick with human beings,
and the crowd has swelled and spread till it
has filled the aisles and all the westward
parts Of the vast building. At eleven O'Clock
men carryinga sedan-chair have made their
way to the pulpit steps. The preacher came
out and passed into the pulpit, where he be-
gan at once to exhort the people, torrent Of
impassioned words pouring out for a whole
hour"
We give below translation of the sermon
preached on Easter Monday one day after
the anniversary Of the last sermon ever
preached by Savonsrola:
There is q class of men which has gone
through remarkable phases; now held in es-
teem, now despised now regarded with affec-
ton, now hated; at one time the pledge of
safety to their country, at another time a
grave peril; q principle of life, an element
Of disorganization. It's class whose wants,
tendencies, aspirations, preoccupy at the
present moment the attention of the econo-
mist, the philosopher, the politician, and of
al true lovers of their country and of
human society.
Thank Heaven, the workingman has gen.
erpus hearts to love him now, to make noble
efforts to place him in his true position of
dignity. But he has enemies, too; some of
whom seek to oppress him, Others to cajole
him, al to make of him q victim for their
own purposes. The one portion, instead of
seeing in him brother, a creature made for
the glory Of God, see in him only an instru-
Sood or eOrchns them ae the other nesa sednce a
and fiatter him with talk of liberty, frater-
nifty, equality to see in him king
that they may manage his civil list and
have command of his little treasury. The
only true friend of the workingman is he
who reveals to him his true dignity-gives
him real consolation. Man must have sense
Of dignity; that alone supports him. With
ont that he does not live. Who gives the
workingman this sense of dignity? Who
gives him true consolation? Does the man
Of letters, the economist, the philosopher,
the polinGanf
nardin de st. Pierre. He comes to the work
ingman and ndsays:-"Workman, you are mis-
cradle because from morning to evening you
must work to earn your bread. Listen to
me. On the earth are mountains and val
legs; the mountains from which come the
waters that fertilize the soil, the rivers that
cssIy 70 I'll parts 1 riches n and life; In human nan
leys. You are the valleys. Be consoled !;
that - your mission in creation" The
{ sWorkingman opens his great eyes as he lis
tens; but the tears in his eyes are not dried.
Look to the economist. Hear Theirs. He
comes to the workingman and says: "We
have made progress. We have seen labor
ssd a som many Czs f cl2s iu%insa .n1 sctv ey sS
have seem the interest on capital reduced
nom aix per cent to four. We have seen the
|pgice Of the necessaIies Of life fall, the pay
- the workingman RISE We have seen the
I 5XcEkingman realize the value Of economy"
he w0rhngman draws himself up with
dienity and turns from the economist as he
TUNED from the man of letters. What reve-
lo3ion Of dignity. of consolation, has the
socon0mist for him?
Look to the philosopher. Hear Jules 81.
non. He comes to the workingman and
i1ays: "Your lot il hard. sympathize with
you. But what would you have? No one
an alter your lot. When you were little
Syou were told to look to prayer, to God, for
eomf0Ft. But that 10 all mistake. God is
700 far Oh. He cannot hear you. And if he
could, he could do nothing The general
slaN1 which govern the universe are such that
'fhey cannot be disturbed without introduc-
& ztnG Disorder" The workingman makes an
6UW: "What consolation 10 there for US
Look to the politician. He says: 1--WE are
0ccupied with the working classes. We
: have various projects for laws in their in
teFeots At some time, more or less distant,
Xe ehall begin to put them in execution" I"
The w0rkingman replies: 'It is always 30
Ne must wait. You do not wait, yourselves
: you 70 ON with your own advancement ;
; ron make yourselves more rich; !; we remain
3aWny1 poor" "You are unjust, the polite
= ~ feplies: 1--WE have given you the right to
Z - yGGr ballot into the urn" And that il
6 g can sAy: You have vote! =,
! 4ben there come those whom will MOI
( &lmA and say: Workman, you seek con
hov II